Hans
Hoffmann
A Life of Color and Motion Born Johan Georg Albert in Weißenburg, Bavaria, the man who would become known to history as Hans Hofmann carried the spirit of the European avant-garde across the Atlantic. His early years were shaped by the streets of Munich, where …
A portrait built from Hans Hoffmann's own colours
Every 6 approved work contributes its dominant tone to a single flowing field. Sorted along the hue wheel, the strip reads as a smooth spectrum. Click any band to reveal its full four-colour palette.
Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.
Every painting, placed on the hue wheel
Each dot is a work — its angle set by hue, its distance from the centre by saturation. Hover a dot to see the painting.
The signature, in numbers
Where the colour came from
Up to 24 paintings representing the most frequent palette tones — each shown with its dominant colours.